See Friday’s PA for the full report from the Howe of Fife game. I’m looking forward to seeing how the boys react.” “It will be a challenge but we’ve fronted up to every challenge we’ve had this year. We picked up a couple injuries from Saturday and will need to see how they pan out. “We’re down there so it’s going to be a tough shift. Shire, who sit seventh in the standings, will dust themselves down quickly ahead of this weekend’s trip to table-toppers Lasswade.Ĭlark told the PA: “Lasswade sit top of the league and have nine bonus points from 11 games. He gives us a great anchor point to build something around.” “And a lot of the guys think: ‘Kyle is playing - we’re going to be alright today’. “He is a big, intimidating, good guy to have and he is technically excellent. He has been excellent.”Īnd on MacKinnon, Clark added: “Kyle has trimmed down over the last two or three years and has a lot of muscle packed onto his frame. He is going to run well, tackle hard and hit his throws in line-out. You know exactly what you are getting with him. “But, when he does play and train with us, he brings the level up around about him. Ramsay was named Shire’s man of the match, while Kyle MacKinnon earned praise for how he went about his business.Ĭlark said: “The unfortunate thing with Kieran is that he isn’t available every week due to work commitments.
There were a couple of occasions where we maybe didn’t before that.” “The players channelled it in the right way. From a defensive perspective and the way we attacked, it was great. “In the last 20 minutes we channelled the frustrations. We just didn’t feel we were rewarded for it at all. “Our game at the weekend was based around set-piece dominance, which we had. But I’ve said this to referees in the past - there is more than one way to play rugby. They throw the ball around and have an excellent set of backs. “It was frustrating because we felt we had complete dominance in that area,” Clark continued. In what was a fiery afternoon of rugby, Shire were disappointed not to be rewarded for strong work in the scrum. I just don’t think it was as the scoreline suggested.” “We gave them some pretty soft tries to be honest and deserved to lose the game. The AI is a lot smarter and they hit gaps in your defensive lines with accuracy and realism, rucks are difficult to win if you are defending, but the game let’s you string phases together. We weren’t given many opportunities and we felt a bit aggrieved about that. Playing Rugby Challenge 3 you will immediately realize that the game feels familiar, but plays like a different game. “The weather certainly played its part in the first half and unfortunately for us it dropped at half-time,” head coach Alan Clark said.
Shire found themselves three scores down at the break but did get on the board in the second half thanks to two tries from Kieran Ramsay and one from Ross Goodison. All New Be A Pro mode - play rugby from a professional rugby players point of view, customise and control your player though. The Eagles’ National League 3 season continued on Saturday but it was the club from Cupar who celebrated a 40-15 victory. Storm Arwen lingered with intent as Perthshire were blown off course away at Howe of Fife.